Q: Is 6,297,837 a Composite Number?

Why is 6,297,837 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 6,297,837 can be evenly divided by 1 3 7 13 17 21 23 39 51 59 69 91 119 161 177 221 273 299 357 391 413 483 663 767 897 1,003 1,173 1,239 1,357 1,547 2,093 2,301 2,737 3,009 4,071 4,641 5,083 5,369 6,279 7,021 8,211 9,499 13,039 15,249 16,107 17,641 21,063 23,069 28,497 35,581 39,117 52,923 69,207 91,273 106,743 123,487 161,483 273,819 299,897 370,461 484,449 899,691 2,099,279 and 6,297,837, with no remainder.

Since 6,297,837 cannot be divided by just 1 and 6,297,837, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).